Music from Mater Ecclesiae's Assumption Mass
  • Lawrence
    Posts: 123
    Here are some clips from the Solemn High Mass at the cathedral in Camden, NJ, sponsored by Mater Ecclesiae, where our chaplain, Fr. Pasley, is rector.

    Kyrie et Gloria from Monteverdi's Missa della Capella:
    http://musicasacra.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/monteverdi-kyrie-et-gloria.wma

    Credo III, with an anonymous Guatemalan setting of the Et incarnatus:
    http://musicasacra.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/credo-iii.wma
    (Please, please, please, don't ruin this post by commencing a debate on chant accompaniment.)

    Mozart: Venite populi
    http://musicasacra.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/communion-mozart-venite-populi.wma

    Mozart Church Sonata Nr. 1 in E-flat
    http://musicasacra.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/mozart-sonata-1-in-e-flat.wma

    Palestrina/Bassano: Pulcra es amica mea:
    http://musicasacra.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/palestrina-bassno-pulchra-es.wma
    (This piece is a good barometer for the tempi at which Renaissance polyphony was conceived.)

    Timothy McDonnell: Sing We of the Blessed Mother:
    http://musicasacra.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/mcdonnell-sing-we-of-the-joys-of-mary.wma
  • Jeffrey TuckerJeffrey Tucker
    Posts: 3,624
    Can someone convert these to MP3s? They are just amazing.
  • chonakchonak
    Posts: 9,160
    Done, Jeffrey. I've sent you a URL by e-mail.

    (I'm not having success uploading the files directly to the forum, so I'll leave it to you to arrange that.)
  • Lawrence
    Posts: 123
    I can't get the mp3's to upload to the forum either. Someone please rescue me from this insanity.
  • Jeffrey TuckerJeffrey Tucker
    Posts: 3,624
    oh my. we must all upgrade our techno skills!
  • Lawrence
    Posts: 123
    Well I surely would have gotten more sleep last night if I knew what I was doing with this stuff.
  • Jeffrey TuckerJeffrey Tucker
    Posts: 3,624
    ok, you win. These files are HUGE. putting them on the server via ftp
  • chonakchonak
    Posts: 9,160

    Sorry for the file size; I compressed the audio to 256-kbit quality mp3s, since the sound had already been through one lossy compression process in the WMA files (down to 128 Kb), and I didn't want them to be degraded further. If Michael can send me WAVs, I'll be happy to make MP3s in whatever bit rate is convenient. (Anyone with access to a Linux box can do the job using some free tools.)



    (For those interested in audio formats: I made some experiments and found that the Ogg Vorbis format was able to encode impressive audio in files slightly smaller than the WMA versions! Alas, some audio players don't support Ogg.)

  • Jeffrey TuckerJeffrey Tucker
    Posts: 3,624
    they will be at musicasacra.com/media2 when they are done, same file name with mp3 extension
  • Jeffrey TuckerJeffrey Tucker
    Posts: 3,624
    Monteverdi Kyrie and Gloria
    16th Cent Credo by Anon.
    Venite Populi, by Mozart
    Mozart Church Sonata #1
    Palestrina Pulchra es amica mea
    Sing we of the Blessed Mother, by T. McDonnell
  • RagueneauRagueneau
    Posts: 2,592
    Is CMAA going to start a section that has nothing but audio files?
  • Aristotle EsguerraAristotle Esguerra
    Posts: 1,185
    That Et Incarnatus setting is simply exquisite. Wow.
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